Who you callin' urban?

Posing the question 'Are you urban?' to an Indigenous person attracts a range of responses that reflect the diverse experiences of Indigenous Australians.

Here are some of the responses:

'We're city people. Most of us lost our traditional languages two or three generations ago, but we've got our own city language, we've got our own city culture.'
Samuel Wagan Watson

'I don't define 'urban'... I see the word urban as a European construct.'
Tjalaminu Mia

'I clearly identify as an urban blackfella. Definitely. I wasn't born on a mission.'
Odette Best

National Museum of Australia, 2006.

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